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Bird Pairs Practice Mind-Control to Create Dovetailing Duets

Professor Melissa Coleman explores the neuroscience behind coordinated birdsong

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Roots of Resistance

"Roots of Resistance: A Story of Gender, Race, and Labor on the North Coast of Honduras," by Pitzer College Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda ’96, has just been released by University of Texas Press and is available online now.

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Documentary Produced by Pitzer Professor and Students Premieres at Outfest/Fusion Film Fest

"Crystal Diaries," a feature documentary produced over three semesters in Professor Gina Lamb’s Media Arts for Social Justice course, will premiere at the Outfest/Fusion Film Festival.

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Professor Emerita of Mathematics Judith Grabiner and her Career of Math Advocacy Featured in the Claremont Courier

Former Pitzer professor promoted better understanding of math —Claremont Courier

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Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies Phil Zuckerman pens Los Angeles Times Op-Ed about Record Pace of Secularization of US Society

Op-Ed: Why America’s record godlessness is good news for the nation —Los Angeles Times

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The Racial Wealth Gap

Pitzer President Melvin L. Oliver and Brandeis Professor Thomas M. Shapiro to discuss their seminal book Black Wealth/White Wealth

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Pitzer Professor Judith V. Grabiner Wins American Mathematical Society’s Whiteman Prize

he American Mathematical Society (AMS) added another chapter to the storied career of Pitzer Professor Judith V. Grabiner when it named her the winner of its 2021 Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize.

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• Mathematics

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Caregiving and Political Engagement in the Era of COVID

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William Russell Ellis, former Pitzer sociologist, reflects on his career

"‘In the pipeline’: William Russell Ellis reflects on 25 years with UC Berkeley" —The Daily Californian

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Professor Phil Zuckerman pens “Secular ‘values voters’ are becoming an electoral force — just look closely at 2020’s results” for Salon

"Secular "values voters" are becoming an electoral force — just look closely at 2020's results" Salon.com

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